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VOL. XVI.—NO. 7.
HELENA, MONTANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1927.
Price Ten Cents
Monaghan, Rodgers and Provost
on Varsity Team.
NEGATIVE WINS DECISION
The debating season was formally
opened on Saturday evening, February 26, in the college auditorium
with an intra-mural debate presented
by the Hilltop Debating Society. The
question discussed read: "Resolved,
That the Volstead Act should be so
amended as to permit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of
light wines and beer." The decision
was awarded to the negative.
The Debaters.
The affirmative of the question
was upheld by Leo Belanger, A. B.
'30; Jerry O'Connell, A. B. '30, and
Emmett Rodgers, A. B. '29, while the
negative arguments were presented
by Daniel Harrington, A. B. '29; Joseph Monaghan, A. B. '28, and Oscar Provost, Ph. B. '29. Messrs.
Monaghan, Rodgers and Provost
were selected by the judges as the
three best debaters of the evening
and will represent Mount St. Charles
College in intercolle.ge debates for
this season.
A Good Contest.
The debate was even above the
usual St. Charles standard of forensic perfection and, in the words of
the judges, was exceedingly difficult
to decide, as both teams presented
many logical arguments in support
of their contentions.
The Judges.
The following members of the
Montana legislative assembly acted
as judges: Representative Dennis W.
Dellwo of Lake county and Representatives Ernest Hardcastle and Pat
Kelly of Silver Bow county. William Troy, Ph. B. '28, acted as chairman, while Emmett Gardner, Ph. B.
'27, and Willis McMahon, Ph. B. '27,
officiated as timekeepers.
A large audience, which included
the members of the Helena clergy,
students of St. Vincent Academy and
members of the state legislature and
local friends of the college, was
present at the contest. The college
orchestra, under the direction of
Professor 0. P. Thayer, rendered
several delightful musical selections.
ID. JAMES A. KELLY
ORGANIZES SHORT
CUSS FOR COLLEGIANS
A class in shorthand was organized last week by the Rev. James
A. Kelly of the college faculty, for
the benefit of all those who wish to
study the Gregg system. The class
is entirely voluntary and extra-curricular and meets three times a
week during the afternoon study
hour". Approximately twenty students have taken advantage of
Father Kelly's class and are re-
' ported to be making rapid strides
towards mastering the system.
Has Stand Advantages.
In addition to its cash value for
those intending to enter the field of
journalism or secretarial work,
shorthand is particularly valuable
for all university students in aiding
them in keeping more complete and
exact notes of their various lectures.
L
Spring football reigns supreme at
Hilltop! The pleasing thud of the
pigskin, as it is kicked and hurled
about," delightfully gladdens the heart
of the football fan. The sharp voice
of the coach, as Ire puts his proteges
through the daily grind, rings out
over the field. Thirty enthusiastic
and zealous men practice the fundamentals of that strenuous game,
which we term football, but which
is decidedly more. Fast backfield
sets charge up and down the field;
several stocky, fighting linemen
struggle diligently with the bucking
machine. Everything seems to bear
an aroma of football. The weather
is ideal and the field is in fine
shape, so that prospects for a most
successful spring football practice
are great.
Large Squad Out
On Wednesday, March 2, Coach
Wilbur Eaton, athletic director, issued a call to all candidates for
spring football, and 30 enthusiastic
pigskin chasers responded. Each
night the number grows steadily.
Among the likely prospects that reported are Janicki, an experienced
star; Flanhagan, a fast, clever halfback; Nugent, 1926 captain; Troy,
a mainstay of last year's team; Enright, a substitute quarterback of
the conference champions in the
Saints' meteoric rise last fall; Smith,
Burke and Mitchke of the Academy
team, and Law, a promising quarterback, in the backfield; while
O'Mahoney, Nash, McCarthy, line
stars, are back in uniform, as is
Robinson, a scrappy center. Among
the new men out are Ryan, an 185-
pound prospect, and Sheehan, a fast
halfback. At the end of basketball
season such stars as O'Rourke, Good,
Murphy, Stocking and Haggerty will
be in uniform.
(Continued on Page Three)
C
Among the many activities of the
year the essay contest has been one
of the most important and most interesting events. This year was no
exception. On February 18 Father
Riley, in charge of the contest, was
stormed by many eager contestants
with manuscripts containing their
literary efforts. The unusual number of manuscripts entered, manifested the growing popularity of
the literary activities of the institution. The subjects of these papers
were varied. There were biographical, historical, and familiar essays
of every sort among the compositions, a fact which makes the choice
of the winner most difficult. However, the judges are working diligently on the manuscripts, and the
students who are to be the proud
possessors of the coveted gold and
silver medal awards will soon be
announced. The winning compositions will be published in the next
issue of the PROSPECTOR.
1927 Junior Saints
Top, Coach Brown; third row (left to right), Steach, Kiely, Gans and Knowles; second row, Mitchke, Smith, Landers,
Hanley, Carroll, Weggenman (Mgr.); bottom row, Mullady, Hamilton, Chevallier (Capt.), Davidson, O'Connell, McKitrick.
HEM DEBATE
T
Debaters Have Six Contests for
March and April.
The debate schedule for 1927 is
rapidly being completed, according
to an announcement made by the
Rev. E. J. Riley, who is in charge of
all contests. The Varsity debate
team, consisting of Joseph Monaghan, Emmett Rodgers and Oscar
Provost, will journey to Billings
next Friday to meet the Billings
Polytechnic Institute there. March
17 will find the Hilltoppers at home
and pitted against the Colorado
State Teachers' College of Greeley,
Colorado. Later they will again
argue with the Billings Polytechnic
here. The annual Intermountain-St.
Charles debate will be held in the
city auditorium on April 1, with the
question of abolishing military training from all schools and colleges in
the United States. Tentative arrangements include debates with the
State School of Mines in Helena and
with Montana State College in Bozeman.
National Question.
The national debating fraternity
question for this year is: "Resolved,
That the Volstead Act should be so
modified as to permit the manufacture, sale and transportation of light
wines and beer," and will be argued
by the St. Charles team in all debates with the exception of that with
Intermountain Union College.
Saints Have Good Team.
Messrs. Monaghan, Rodgers and
Provost will have a difficult task
in upholding the excellent reputation
made by former Hilltop teams as
the foremost debaters of the state.
All three of the men this year have
enviable forensic reputations gained
through numerous appearances before audiences throughout the state.
Hilltop Orators
Will Compete in
Two More Weeks
To Select Representatives to
State Contest.
The 1927 oratorical contest of
Mount St. Charles College will be
held Saturday, March 19, at the Hilltop gymnasium. Three prominent
Helena citizens will act as judges.
From this contest will be chosen
the representatives for the Montana
Intercollegiate contest to be held
this year in Billings under the auspices of Billings Polytechnic Institute.
The speakers who will appear in
the local contest have been working
diligently on their orations for the
past few months and an unusually
close and interesting contest is predicted. All of the men are experienced speakers who have frequently appeared before Hilltop audiences and include Emmet N. Rodgers, A. B. '29; Jerry J. O'Connell,
A. B. '30; Joseph P. Monaghan, A.
B. '28; Daniel B. Harrington, A. B.
'29, and Harold E. Johnson, Ph. B.
Ed. '30.
Oratory Record.
During the five years that the
State intercollegiate contest has
been held, Mount St. Charles orators have succeeded in winning four
gold medals and one silver medal.
In 1922 the contest was held under
the auspices of Montana Wesleyan
and William O'Leary of St. Charles
won first place. In 1923 Andrew
V. Corry took second place in the
contest held in Butte as the guest
of the State School of Mines. In
1924 Mr. Corry was awarded first
place, the contest being under the
supervision of the State Agricultural
College in Bozeman. In 1925 Mount
St. Charles was host to the state
orators and Richard J. Lally gained
the premier honors. Again in 1926
at the state meet held by the State
University in Missoula Oscar A. Provost, Ph. B. '29, added another Hilltop victory to this enviable record.
Saints Add Track
to Their Major
Sports this Year
Track stars will be given a chance
to display their wares this season,
as track has been adopted as a
major sport at Hilltop. According to
reports prospects for a crack team
are superb. Among the men mentioned as stars are Harrington, Montana crack interscholastic half-miler;
Robinson, a record-holder for the
Texas half mile, and Law, another
half-miler. As sprinters the Varsity
will have Lanigan, a letter man and
mainstay of the School of Mines
last year; Connolly, a ten-second
man, and Ryan, a sprinter of no
mean ability. When the call is issued for candidates there will be
many more stars reporting.
The Schedule.
Coach Eaton has been arranging
a full schedule for the cinder artists. He has lined up a Blue and
Gold meet in order to determine the
members of the Varsity squad; a
dual meet with the Intermountain
Union Panthers; a Montana Conference meet; and the Intercollegiate meet at Missoula. A four-man
relay team will also be sent to the
Seattle relays and the South Dakota meet.
Track has been more or less neglected as a sport for the past few
years at the Helena colleges until
last year, when Intermountain revived the sport with a dual track
meet against the Mines. The sport
will indeed be a flourishing one with
the Saints' first team in action. It
is believed that the undertaking
will meet with the approval of all
Helena sport fans and will be a
howling success. Let's go, Hilltoppers, make the first track season
a banner one!

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VOL. XVI.—NO. 7.
HELENA, MONTANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1927.
Price Ten Cents
Monaghan, Rodgers and Provost
on Varsity Team.
NEGATIVE WINS DECISION
The debating season was formally
opened on Saturday evening, February 26, in the college auditorium
with an intra-mural debate presented
by the Hilltop Debating Society. The
question discussed read: "Resolved,
That the Volstead Act should be so
amended as to permit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of
light wines and beer." The decision
was awarded to the negative.
The Debaters.
The affirmative of the question
was upheld by Leo Belanger, A. B.
'30; Jerry O'Connell, A. B. '30, and
Emmett Rodgers, A. B. '29, while the
negative arguments were presented
by Daniel Harrington, A. B. '29; Joseph Monaghan, A. B. '28, and Oscar Provost, Ph. B. '29. Messrs.
Monaghan, Rodgers and Provost
were selected by the judges as the
three best debaters of the evening
and will represent Mount St. Charles
College in intercolle.ge debates for
this season.
A Good Contest.
The debate was even above the
usual St. Charles standard of forensic perfection and, in the words of
the judges, was exceedingly difficult
to decide, as both teams presented
many logical arguments in support
of their contentions.
The Judges.
The following members of the
Montana legislative assembly acted
as judges: Representative Dennis W.
Dellwo of Lake county and Representatives Ernest Hardcastle and Pat
Kelly of Silver Bow county. William Troy, Ph. B. '28, acted as chairman, while Emmett Gardner, Ph. B.
'27, and Willis McMahon, Ph. B. '27,
officiated as timekeepers.
A large audience, which included
the members of the Helena clergy,
students of St. Vincent Academy and
members of the state legislature and
local friends of the college, was
present at the contest. The college
orchestra, under the direction of
Professor 0. P. Thayer, rendered
several delightful musical selections.
ID. JAMES A. KELLY
ORGANIZES SHORT
CUSS FOR COLLEGIANS
A class in shorthand was organized last week by the Rev. James
A. Kelly of the college faculty, for
the benefit of all those who wish to
study the Gregg system. The class
is entirely voluntary and extra-curricular and meets three times a
week during the afternoon study
hour". Approximately twenty students have taken advantage of
Father Kelly's class and are re-
' ported to be making rapid strides
towards mastering the system.
Has Stand Advantages.
In addition to its cash value for
those intending to enter the field of
journalism or secretarial work,
shorthand is particularly valuable
for all university students in aiding
them in keeping more complete and
exact notes of their various lectures.
L
Spring football reigns supreme at
Hilltop! The pleasing thud of the
pigskin, as it is kicked and hurled
about" delightfully gladdens the heart
of the football fan. The sharp voice
of the coach, as Ire puts his proteges
through the daily grind, rings out
over the field. Thirty enthusiastic
and zealous men practice the fundamentals of that strenuous game,
which we term football, but which
is decidedly more. Fast backfield
sets charge up and down the field;
several stocky, fighting linemen
struggle diligently with the bucking
machine. Everything seems to bear
an aroma of football. The weather
is ideal and the field is in fine
shape, so that prospects for a most
successful spring football practice
are great.
Large Squad Out
On Wednesday, March 2, Coach
Wilbur Eaton, athletic director, issued a call to all candidates for
spring football, and 30 enthusiastic
pigskin chasers responded. Each
night the number grows steadily.
Among the likely prospects that reported are Janicki, an experienced
star; Flanhagan, a fast, clever halfback; Nugent, 1926 captain; Troy,
a mainstay of last year's team; Enright, a substitute quarterback of
the conference champions in the
Saints' meteoric rise last fall; Smith,
Burke and Mitchke of the Academy
team, and Law, a promising quarterback, in the backfield; while
O'Mahoney, Nash, McCarthy, line
stars, are back in uniform, as is
Robinson, a scrappy center. Among
the new men out are Ryan, an 185-
pound prospect, and Sheehan, a fast
halfback. At the end of basketball
season such stars as O'Rourke, Good,
Murphy, Stocking and Haggerty will
be in uniform.
(Continued on Page Three)
C
Among the many activities of the
year the essay contest has been one
of the most important and most interesting events. This year was no
exception. On February 18 Father
Riley, in charge of the contest, was
stormed by many eager contestants
with manuscripts containing their
literary efforts. The unusual number of manuscripts entered, manifested the growing popularity of
the literary activities of the institution. The subjects of these papers
were varied. There were biographical, historical, and familiar essays
of every sort among the compositions, a fact which makes the choice
of the winner most difficult. However, the judges are working diligently on the manuscripts, and the
students who are to be the proud
possessors of the coveted gold and
silver medal awards will soon be
announced. The winning compositions will be published in the next
issue of the PROSPECTOR.
1927 Junior Saints
Top, Coach Brown; third row (left to right), Steach, Kiely, Gans and Knowles; second row, Mitchke, Smith, Landers,
Hanley, Carroll, Weggenman (Mgr.); bottom row, Mullady, Hamilton, Chevallier (Capt.), Davidson, O'Connell, McKitrick.
HEM DEBATE
T
Debaters Have Six Contests for
March and April.
The debate schedule for 1927 is
rapidly being completed, according
to an announcement made by the
Rev. E. J. Riley, who is in charge of
all contests. The Varsity debate
team, consisting of Joseph Monaghan, Emmett Rodgers and Oscar
Provost, will journey to Billings
next Friday to meet the Billings
Polytechnic Institute there. March
17 will find the Hilltoppers at home
and pitted against the Colorado
State Teachers' College of Greeley,
Colorado. Later they will again
argue with the Billings Polytechnic
here. The annual Intermountain-St.
Charles debate will be held in the
city auditorium on April 1, with the
question of abolishing military training from all schools and colleges in
the United States. Tentative arrangements include debates with the
State School of Mines in Helena and
with Montana State College in Bozeman.
National Question.
The national debating fraternity
question for this year is: "Resolved,
That the Volstead Act should be so
modified as to permit the manufacture, sale and transportation of light
wines and beer" and will be argued
by the St. Charles team in all debates with the exception of that with
Intermountain Union College.
Saints Have Good Team.
Messrs. Monaghan, Rodgers and
Provost will have a difficult task
in upholding the excellent reputation
made by former Hilltop teams as
the foremost debaters of the state.
All three of the men this year have
enviable forensic reputations gained
through numerous appearances before audiences throughout the state.
Hilltop Orators
Will Compete in
Two More Weeks
To Select Representatives to
State Contest.
The 1927 oratorical contest of
Mount St. Charles College will be
held Saturday, March 19, at the Hilltop gymnasium. Three prominent
Helena citizens will act as judges.
From this contest will be chosen
the representatives for the Montana
Intercollegiate contest to be held
this year in Billings under the auspices of Billings Polytechnic Institute.
The speakers who will appear in
the local contest have been working
diligently on their orations for the
past few months and an unusually
close and interesting contest is predicted. All of the men are experienced speakers who have frequently appeared before Hilltop audiences and include Emmet N. Rodgers, A. B. '29; Jerry J. O'Connell,
A. B. '30; Joseph P. Monaghan, A.
B. '28; Daniel B. Harrington, A. B.
'29, and Harold E. Johnson, Ph. B.
Ed. '30.
Oratory Record.
During the five years that the
State intercollegiate contest has
been held, Mount St. Charles orators have succeeded in winning four
gold medals and one silver medal.
In 1922 the contest was held under
the auspices of Montana Wesleyan
and William O'Leary of St. Charles
won first place. In 1923 Andrew
V. Corry took second place in the
contest held in Butte as the guest
of the State School of Mines. In
1924 Mr. Corry was awarded first
place, the contest being under the
supervision of the State Agricultural
College in Bozeman. In 1925 Mount
St. Charles was host to the state
orators and Richard J. Lally gained
the premier honors. Again in 1926
at the state meet held by the State
University in Missoula Oscar A. Provost, Ph. B. '29, added another Hilltop victory to this enviable record.
Saints Add Track
to Their Major
Sports this Year
Track stars will be given a chance
to display their wares this season,
as track has been adopted as a
major sport at Hilltop. According to
reports prospects for a crack team
are superb. Among the men mentioned as stars are Harrington, Montana crack interscholastic half-miler;
Robinson, a record-holder for the
Texas half mile, and Law, another
half-miler. As sprinters the Varsity
will have Lanigan, a letter man and
mainstay of the School of Mines
last year; Connolly, a ten-second
man, and Ryan, a sprinter of no
mean ability. When the call is issued for candidates there will be
many more stars reporting.
The Schedule.
Coach Eaton has been arranging
a full schedule for the cinder artists. He has lined up a Blue and
Gold meet in order to determine the
members of the Varsity squad; a
dual meet with the Intermountain
Union Panthers; a Montana Conference meet; and the Intercollegiate meet at Missoula. A four-man
relay team will also be sent to the
Seattle relays and the South Dakota meet.
Track has been more or less neglected as a sport for the past few
years at the Helena colleges until
last year, when Intermountain revived the sport with a dual track
meet against the Mines. The sport
will indeed be a flourishing one with
the Saints' first team in action. It
is believed that the undertaking
will meet with the approval of all
Helena sport fans and will be a
howling success. Let's go, Hilltoppers, make the first track season
a banner one!